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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of neglect.

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neglect +‎ -est

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Examples

  • ‘Praised be Allah, and verily I fear for thee, because thou neglectest to laud the Almighty; for all things created by Allah glorify Him on this wise, and whoso neglecteth the formula of praise144 him destruction waylays.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • I blush as I begin to speak to thee upon the subject, as well knowing, notwithstanding thy unaffected secrecy, how few of its offices thou neglectest — yet I would remind thee of one

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • I blush as I begin to speak to thee upon the subject, as well knowing, notwithstanding thy unaffected secrecy, how few of its offices thou neglectest — yet I would remind thee of one

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • R. Meir said, "Lessen thy toil for worldly goods, and be busy in the _Torah_; be humble of spirit before all men; if thou neglectest the _Torah_, many causes for neglecting it will be present themselves to thee, but if thou laborest in the _Torah_, He has abundant recompense to give thee."

    Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers Joseph I. Gorfinkle

  • R. Meir (22) said, "Lessen thy toil for worldly goods, and be busy in the _Torah_; be humble of spirit before all men; if thou neglectest the _Torah_, many causes for neglecting it will be present themselves to thee, but if thou laborest in the _Torah_, He has abundant recompense to give thee."

    Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers Joseph I. Gorfinkle

  • _Bruin_ the bear lay and rested, which struck his heart with grief, and he railed against _Lanfert_ the carpenter, saying, "Silly fool that thou art, what madman would have lost such good venison, especially being so fat and wholesome, and for which he took no pains, for he was taken to his hand; any man would have been proud of the fortune which thou neglectest."

    Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

  • Christ's body; but him that is himself the body of Christ thou treatest with contumely, and when perishing, neglectest.

    NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889

  • 'Mean-spirited beast,' retorted the Ass, 'who neglectest thy master's business!

    Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Kalidasa 1866

  • Lady Peri-Banu said to him one day, "Thou toldest me aforetime that once in the beginning of each month thou wouldst fare forth and travel to thy father's court and learn news of his welfare: why then neglectest thou so to do, seeing that he will be distressed and anxiously expecting thee?"

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • 'Eorl-kind' was supposed to speak it; -- "Edith, my child, thou hast not forgotten my lessons, I trow; thou singest the hymns I gave thee, and neglectest not to wear the relic round thy neck."

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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